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Editorials
Prosthesis–patient mismatch in the mitral position: Old concept, new evidences Philippe Pibarot, Jean G. Dumesnil pages 1405-1408 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (74 KB)
Translational research: Is there a future? Edward Donald Verrier pages 1409-1411 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
Lung-volume reduction surgery: A vanishing operation? Keith S. Naunheim pages 1412-1413 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (39 KB)
Statistics for the Rest of Us
Ten traps for the unwary in surgical series: A case study in mesothelioma reports Tom Treasure, Martin Utley pages 1414-1418 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (71 KB)
General Thoracic Surgery
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic maximal standardized uptake value predicts survival independent of clinical but not pathologic TNM staging of resected non–small cell lung cancer, 04 May 2007 Robert J. Downey, Timothy Akhurst, Mithat Gonen, Bernard Park, Valerie Rusch pages 1419-1427.e4 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1147 KB)
Discussion, 04 May 2007 pages 1425-1427 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (264 KB)
Long-term effects of thoracic sympathectomy on microcirculation in the hands of patients with primary Raynaud disease Paweł Maga, Jarosław Kużdżał, Rafał Niżankowski, Andrzej Szczeklik, Krzysztof Sładek pages 1428-1433 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (381 KB)
Lung-volume reduction surgery for pulmonary emphysema: Improvement in body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index after 1 year David J. Lederer, Byron M. Thomashow, Mark E. Ginsburg, John H.M. Austin, Matthew N. Bartels, Chun K. Yip, Patricia A. Jellen, Frances L. Brogan, Steven M. Kawut, Roger A. Maxfield, Angela M. DiMango, Paul F. Simonelli, Lyall A. Gorenstein, Gregory D.N. Pearson, Joshua R. Sonett pages 1434-1438 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
Idiopathic postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema: Hyperinflation of the remaining lung is a potential etiologic factor, but the condition can be averted by balanced pleural drainage, 27 April 2007 John M. Alvarez, Jeremy Tan, Nand Kejriwal, Karim Ghanim, Mark A.J. Newman, Amanda Segal, Greg Sterret, Max K. Bulsara pages 1439-1447 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (509 KB)
Discussion, 27 April 2007 pages 1446-1447 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (46 KB)
Associations among bronchioloalveolar carcinoma components, positron emission tomographic and computed tomographic findings, and malignant behavior in small lung adenocarcinomas Morihito Okada, Shunsuke Tauchi, Koichiro Iwanaga, Takeshi Mimura, Yoshitaka Kitamura, Hirokazu Watanabe, Shuji Adachi, Toshiko Sakuma, Chiho Ohbayashi pages 1448-1454 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (502 KB)
Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease
Aortic root reconstruction with a bioprosthetic valved conduit: A consecutive series of 275 procedures, 01 May 2007 Christian D. Etz, Tobias M. Homann, Neil Rane, Carol A. Bodian, Gabriele Di Luozzo, Konstadinos A. Plestis, David Spielvogel, Randall B. Griepp pages 1455-1463 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (375 KB)
The impact of patient–prosthesis mismatch on late outcomes after mitral valve replacement, 27 April 2007 Buu-Khanh Lam, Vincent Chan, Paul Hendry, Marc Ruel, Roy Masters, Pierre Bedard, Bill Goldstein, Fraser Rubens, Thierry Mesana pages 1464-1473.e3 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (336 KB)
Discussion, 27 April 2007 pages 1472-1473 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
Endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, 01 May 2007 Eric E. Roselli, Roy K. Greenberg, Kathryn Pfaff, Catherine Francis, Lars G. Svensson, Bruce W. Lytle pages 1474-1482.e1 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (604 KB)
Discussion, 01 May 2007 pages 1481-1482 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (41 KB)
Initial results of the chordal-cutting operation for ischemic mitral regurgitation, 27 April 2007 Michael A. Borger, Patricia M. Murphy, Asim Alam, Shafie Fazel, Manjula Maganti, Susan Armstrong, Vivek Rao, Tirone E. David pages 1483-1492.e1 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (233 KB)
Discussion, 27 April 2007 pages 1490-1492 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (71 KB)
Analysis of the postoperative epicardial auriculogram after surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Risk stratification of late recurrences Fernando Hornero, Ignacio Rodriguez, Vanesa Estevez, Oscar Gil, Sergio Canovas, Rafael Garcia, Juan Martinez Leon pages 1493-1498 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (260 KB)
Off-pump bypass of the left anterior descending coronary artery: 23- to 34-year follow-up Jay L. Ankeney, Darlene J. Goldstein pages 1499-1503.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (82 KB)
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Intermediate-term results of ascending–descending posterior pericardial bypass of complex aortic coarctation Stephen H. McKellar, Hartzell V. Schaff, Joseph A. Dearani, Richard C. Daly, Charles J. Mullany, Thomas A. Orszulak, Thoralf M. Sundt, Heidi M. Connolly, Carole A. Warnes, Francisco J. Puga pages 1504-1509 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (394 KB)
Reversible pulmonary trunk banding III: Assessment of myocardial adaptive mechanisms—contribution of cell proliferation Maria C.D. Abduch, Renato S. Assad, Miguel Q. Rodriguez, Acrisio S. Valente, José L. Andrade, Léa M.M. Demarchi, Miguel B. Marcial, Vera D. Aiello pages 1510-1516 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (450 KB)
Failure of prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin to prevent sensitization to cryopreserved allograft tissue used in congenital cardiac surgery Steven R. Meyer, David B. Ross, Karen Forbes, Lois E. Hawkins, Anne M. Halpin, Susan N. Nahirniak, Jennifer M. Rutledge, Ivan M. Rebeyka, Patricia M. Campbell pages 1517-1523 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (213 KB)
Neurodevelopmental and neuroradiologic outcomes in patients with univentricular heart aged 5 to 7 years: Related risk factor analysis Anne Sarajuuri, Eero Jokinen, Riina Puosi, Marianne Eronen, Leena Mildh, Ilkka Mattila, Leena Valanne, Tuula Lönnqvist pages 1524-1532 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (572 KB)
Late cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal exercise performance after repair for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection during infancy Michael G. McBride, Paul M. Kirshbom, J. William Gaynor, Richard F. Ittenbach, Gil Wernovsky, Robert R. Clancy, Thomas B. Flynn, Diane M. Hartman, Thomas L. Spray, Ronn E. Tanel, Mayra C. Santiago, Stephen M. Paridon pages 1533-1539.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (134 KB)
Coarctectomy reduces neoaortic arch obstruction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome, 27 April 2007 Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Gerald R. Marx, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Frank A. Pigula, Emile A. Bacha, John E. Mayer, Pedro J. del Nido pages 1540-1546 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (96 KB)
Discussion, 27 April 2007 pages 1544-1546 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (57 KB)
Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
Evaluating the safety implications of aprotinin use: The Retrospective Evaluation of Aprotinin in Cardio Thoracic Surgery (REACTS) Craig I. Coleman, Vera T. Rigali, Jonathan Hammond, Jeffrey Kluger, Kenneth W. Jeleniowski, C. Michael White pages 1547-1552 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (202 KB)
The adverse effect of back-bleeding from lumbar arteries on spinal cord pathophysiology in a rabbit model Yujiro Kawanishi, Kenji Okada, Hiroshi Tanaka, Teruo Yamashita, Keitaro Nakagiri, Yutaka Okita pages 1553-1558 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (400 KB)
Reliability of temperatures measured at standard monitoring sites as an index of brain temperature during deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass conducted for thoracic aortic reconstruction Takashi Akata, Hidekazu Setoguchi, Kazuhiro Shirozu, Jun Yoshino pages 1559-1565.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (227 KB)
Patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing cardiac surgery are at greater risk for developing intraoperative myocardial acidosis Dharam J. Kumbhani, Nancy A. Healey, Hemant S. Thatte, Sammy Nawas, Michael D. Crittenden, Vladimir Birjiniuk, Patrick R. Treanor, Shukri F. Khuri pages 1566-1572 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (145 KB)
Results of a multicenter clinical trial with the Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist Device⁎ Mark S. Slaughter, Steven S. Tsui, Aly El-Banayosy, Benjamin C. Sun, Robert L. Kormos, Dale K. Mueller, H. Todd Massey, Timothy B. Icenogle, David J. Farrar, J. Donald Hill, IVAD Study Group pages 1573-1580.e2 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (327 KB)
Beck and back: A paradigm change in coronary sinus interventions—pulsatile stretch on intact coronary venous endothelium Guenter Weigel, Ilinka Kajgana, Helga Bergmeister, Gunther Riedl, Helmut-Dietmar Glogar, Mariann Gyöngyösi, Stefan Blasnig, Georg Heinze, Werner Mohl pages 1581-1587.e6 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (338 KB)
Lipopolysaccharide preconditioning induces robust protection against brain injury resulting from deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, 01 May 2007 Edward J. Hickey, Xiaomang You, Vassil Kaimaktchiev, Mary Stenzel-Poore, Ross M. Ungerleider pages 1588-1596 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (403 KB)
Antiplatelet therapy in patients receiving aortic bioprostheses: A report of clinical and instrumental safety Francesca di Marco, Silvia Grendene, Giuseppe Feltrin, Dino Meneghetti, Gino Gerosa pages 1597-1603 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (132 KB)
Effects of pyridoxal-5′-phosphate (MC-1) in patients undergoing high-risk coronary artery bypass surgery: Results of the MEND-CABG randomized study Jean-Claude Tardif, Michel Carrier, David E. Kandzari, Robert Emery, Robert Cote, Therese Heinonen, Marjorie Zettler, Vic Hasselblad, Marie-Claude Guertin, Robert A. Harrington, MEND-CABG Investigators pages 1604-1611.e1 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (137 KB)
Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Prevalence and risks of allosensitization in HeartMate left ventricular assist device recipients: The impact of leukofiltered cellular blood product transfusions Stavros G. Drakos, James C. Stringham, James W. Long, Edward M. Gilbert, Thomas C. Fuller, Beverly K. Campbell, Benjamin D. Horne, Mary E. Hagan, Karl E. Nelson, Judy M. Lindblom, Patty A. Meldrum, Joanne F. Carlson, Stephanie A. Moore, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Dale G. Renlund pages 1612-1619 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (502 KB)
Effects of exogenous surfactant instillation in clinical lung transplantation: A prospective, randomized trial Martin Strüber, Stefan Fischer, Jost Niedermeyer, Gregor Warnecke, Bernhard Gohrbandt, Adelheid Görler, Andre R. Simon, Axel Haverich, Jens M. Hohlfeld pages 1620-1625 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (469 KB)
Efficacy of MCI-186, a free-radical scavenger and antioxidant, for resuscitation of nonbeating donor hearts Yasuhiro Kotani, Kozo Ishino, Satoru Osaki, Osami Honjo, Takanori Suezawa, Kazushige Kanki, Chikao Yutani, Shunji Sano pages 1626-1632 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (589 KB)
Brief Communications
Reducing the posterior wall length by using a small endoventricular patch for ischemic mitral regurgitation Hiroshi Tanaka, Kenji Okada, Keitaro Nakagiri, Yujiro Kawanishi, Masamichi Matsumori, Yutaka Okita pages 1633-1635 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (423 KB)
The intraoperative “ink test”: A novel assessment tool in mitral valve repair Ani C. Anyanwu, David H. Adams pages 1635-1636 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (521 KB)
Mild hypothermic (30°C) body perfusion during replacement of the aortic arch with a novel arterial perfusion cannula Farhad Bakhtiary, Selami Dogan, Peter Risteski, Hans Ackermann, Feyzan Oezaslan, Peter Kleine, Anton Moritz, Tayfun Aybek pages 1637-1639 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (307 KB)
Alternative approach for stent grafting of the thoracic descending aorta: The antegrade right axillary approach Bertrand Marcheix, Philippe Demers, Frédéric Vanden Eynden, Yoan Lamarche, Éric Therasse, Raymond Cartier pages 1639-1641 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (684 KB)
Surgical treatment of tracheoinnominate fistula after stent-graft implantation Enrico Maria Marone, Gloria Esposito, Andrea Kahlberg, Yamume Tshomba, Chiara Brioschi, Piero Zannini, Roberto Chiesa pages 1641-1643 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (789 KB)
Bleeding sarcoma of the aorta mimicking a symptomatic aneurysm Bart P. Van Putte, Thomas L. Bollen, Marc A.A.M. Schepens pages 1643-1644.e1 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (305 KB)
Reversing the Ross operation: A new reoperation option for autograft failure Michael Flynn, Sherard G. Little, Eugene H. Blackstone, Gösta B. Pettersson pages 1645-1647 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (381 KB)
Long abdominal aortic stenosis: A rare presentation of Takayasu arteritis treated with percutaneous stent implantation Pasquale Perrone-Filardi, Pierluigi Costanzo, Paolo Cesarano, Antonio Marzano, Giovanni Esposito, Gabriele Iannelli, Massimo Chiariello pages 1647-1648 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1407 KB)
Successful management of unremitting spasm of the nongrafted right coronary artery after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting Stefano Schena, Troy Wildes, Michael A. Beardslee, John M. Lasala, Ralph J. Damiano, Jennifer S. Lawton pages 1649-1650 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (229 KB)
Postoperative ventricular septal hematoma: Natural history of two pediatric cases Richard Jensen, Pamela Burg, Chris Anderson, Carl Garabedian, Hrair Garabedian, Leland Siwek, Neil Worrall pages 1651-1652.e1 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (776 KB)
Fate of the “opened” arterial duct: Lessons learned from bilateral pulmonary artery banding for hypoplastic left heart syndrome under the continuous infusion of prostaglandin E1 Yoshihide Mitani, Shin Takabayashi, Hirofumi Sawada, Hiroyuki Ohashi, Hidetoshi Hayakawa, Yukiko Ikeyama, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Kazuo Maruyama, Hideto Shimpo, Yoshihiro Komada pages 1653-1654.e2 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2694 KB)
Hybrid procedure for the neonatal management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum Hao Zhang, Shou-jun Li, Yong-qing Li, Hao Wang, Sheng-shou Hu pages 1654-1656 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2336 KB)
Reduced regional right ventricular wall motion after transventricular repair of tetralogy of Fallot Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Kazuto Yokoyama, Koji Onoda, Yoshihide Mitani pages 1656-1658 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (194 KB)
Cervical ectopic thymoma I.-Lin Hsu, Ming-Ho Wu, Wu-Wei Lai, Mu-Yen Lin, Jia-Ming Chang, Yi-Ting Yen, Yau-Lin Tseng pages 1658-1659 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (353 KB)
Bilateral sleeve lobectomy for synchronized bilateral central carcinoid tumor Gokhan Yuncu, Serpil Sevinc, Berna Ozturk, Goksel Kiter, Ferda Bir, Nevzat Karabulut pages 1660-1661 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (152 KB)
A case of recurrent biliptysis Velayutham Vimalraj, Satyanesan Jeswanth, Eswaran Selvakumar, Damodaran Jyotibasu, Shanmugasundaram Rajendran, Palaniappan Ravichandran, Tirupporur Govindaswamy Balachandar, Devy Gounder Kannan, Rajagopal Surendran pages 1662-1663 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (317 KB)
Diffuse lymphangiomatosis: Are there any clinical or therapeutic standards? Charalambos Zisis, Konstantinos Spiliotopoulos, Marios Patronis, George Filippakis, Grigoris Stratakos, George Tzelepis, Ion Bellenis pages 1664-1665 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (172 KB)
Giant cavernous hemangioma of the distal esophagus treated with esophagectomy Anthony W. Kim, Robert J. Korst, Jeffrey L. Port, Nasser K. Altorki, Paul C. Lee pages 1665-1667 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (269 KB)
Primary Ewing sarcoma invading the heart: Resection and reconstruction Subroto Paul, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, Daniel M. Cohen, Abraham Lebenthal, Lambros Zellos, Sary F. Aranki, David J. Sugarbaker pages 1667-1669 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2106 KB)
Combined pedicled antropyloroplasty and gastric pull-up reconstruction for corrosive esophagogastric stricture Tzu-Ping Chen, Chi-Hsiao Yeh, Yi-Cheng Wu, Hui-Ping Liu pages 1669-1670.e1 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (419 KB)
Thyroglossal duct cyst within the mediastinum: An extremely unusual location Soon-Ho Chon, Sung Ho Shinn, Chul Burm Lee, Kyung Tae, Yong Seop Lee, Si-Hyong Jang, Seung Sam Paik pages 1671-1672 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (274 KB)
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